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SAUL BASS - 20 ICONIC FILM POSTERS

Come September, 2016, Laurence King Publishing will be releasing the first ever collection of film posters created by the iconic American graphic designer, Saul Bass. This collection will include 20 posters that have promoted movies like Spartacus, The Shining, and Saint John.

Throughout his grand career Saul has come up with some of the most compelling images to ever touch the movie going public. Having extended the remit of graphic design to include film titles, among other streams of visual entertainment, he went on to transform the genre in his own amiable way. His best-known works include a series of unforgettable posters and title sequences for films such as Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, Otto Preminger's The Man with the Golden Arm, as well as Stanley Kramer's It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

In true Hollywood fashion it can easily be said that he's one of the founding fathers of graphic design, and to prove this point, Laurence King are releasing the following posters, with each poster being removable and designed to fit a 12 by 16 inch frame. Here, check this out...

The CardinalFilm Fact: Dorothy Gish, who played
Celia in this drama, was the sister of
Lillian Gish, star of the silent era who's acted opposite Lionel Barrymore,Mary Pickford & Charlie Chaplin.

Anatomy Of A MurderFilm Fact: Some of the controversywhich surrounded this movie was because it included such words as: bitch, panties, penetration, rape, slut & sperm.

Bunny Lake Is MissingFilm Fact: Noel Coward didn't thinkmuch of Keir Dullea's acting in this flick.One day, on set, he walked up to him &said, "Keir Dullea, gone tomorrow."

SpartacusFilm Fact:Kirk Douglas hired StanleyKubrick to direct this classic after fallingout with the previous director, AnthonyMann. The ironic thing about this, is thatKirk didn't get on with Stanley either.

The ShiningFilm Fact: To get himself into aagitated mood for this Stephen Kingadaptation, Jack Nicholson only atecheese sandwiches during production.Yes. He hates cheese sandwiches.

VertigoFilm Fact: If you'll listen very closely, you'llnotice that Kim Novak doesnt speak until the third third of this thriller. Stranger still, Hitchcock didn't like her performance.

Such Good FriendFilm Fact: The nude image of DyanCannon shown in this film is a fake.According to Dyan, it is her headbut not her body.

ExodusFilm Fact: Three prisoners, hired to play, surprise-surprise, prisoners in this opus, escaped their confinement whilst making it.

The Magnificent SevenFilm Fact: Unlike those three prisoners,Yul Brynner didn't make an escapewhilstmaking this classic western. He marriedhis 2nd wife instead: Doris Kleiner.